I guess we all have some odd type of soldering iron, I have a large iron that
uses a chemical cartridge that is activated by a plunger or other impact
device, it gets hot enough to solder a #6 cable to the bumper of your car-
bob / k6osm
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
To: Steve Katz <stevek@jmr.com>
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com; Charlie Gallo <Charlie@thegallos.com>
Sent: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 4:52 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering Iron
Now that's the way to heat up a pl-259! With one of those you could
start a jumper business. The monthly TRW fest is one of the nice
things about living out in S. Cal.
rob / k5uj
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Steve Katz <stevek@jmr.com> wrote:
>
>
> Another wonderful tool that I USED to have access to that makes soldering UHF
or other BIG connectors simple - see if you can get yourself a nice resistance
soldering rig (or one can be made from a filament transformer) - take the
carbon
electrode tweezers, clamp around the body, hit the foot peddle, and the
connector is up to temp in maybe 2-5 seconds
>
> ::Indeed! I have one of those. It's a 900W resistance soldering setup,
> which
was probably well over $1K "new" but purchased at the TRW Swap Meet for $75.
It
had (still has) a "Property of Hughes Aircraft Company" asset tag on it. :-)
>
> Works like a charm. Doesn't even take two seconds for a PL-259 body, more
like one second.
>
> WB2WIK/6
>
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